Wednesday, October 29, 2008

She misses me too.

Lauren misses me too. Tonight I had a phone call from her. She was at work and wouldn't finish before 10pm. The message: I cooked food for you, come and get it.

I went to the restaurant where she works nights and in between looking after the diners she sat and chatted. It took her about 15 minutes before she went to get the food, then she walked me to my car and chatted some more.

My heart swells with love and pride every time I see her, even think of her. I know so many people who don't want to spend time with their parents but my daughter likes me enough to engineer times together.

I'm so glad for you Danielle. You're right - that sort of relationship between a mother and daughter is very special and, I think, very rare. It's exactly the kind of thing I'm trying to give to Lauren.